Bottle



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BOTTLE.

No. 662,671, Patented June 23, 16896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

SAMUEL JEFFERSON SMITH, OF PASSAIG, NEIV JERSEY.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 562,671, dated June 23,1896.

Application tiled February 3, 1896. Serial No. 577,836. (No model.)

To al?, whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL JEFFERSON SMITH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Passaic, in the county of Passaic and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBottles, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a partthereof, in which similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to bottles, jugs, jars, and similar vessels, andthe object thereof is to provide a vessel of this class with a neckattachment in which is placed an automatic valve, the construction andarrangement being such that when the vessel has once been iilled and theneck attachment applied said vessel may be emptied of its contents, butcannot be refilled or reused.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in Which- Figure l is acentral vertical section of the upper part of a bottle provided with aneck, showing my improvement connected therewith 3 Fig. 2, a section onthe line 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3, a section on the line 3 3, and Fig. i acentral vertical section of a part of the neck attachment.

In the drawings forming part of this application, I have shown myinvention applied to a bottle, and in the practice of my invention Iprovide a bottle or other vessel A, having a neck B, the lower portionof which is inwardly directed, as shown at b, so as to forni therein aninwardly-directed annular shoulder b2. Ialso employ a neck attachmentcomprising a main tube D, the upper end of which is closed and the lowerend open, and the side walls of which. are perforated, as shown at CZ.

The lower open end of the tube D is provided with an annular recess cl2,in which is placed a packing-ring d3, of rubber or any desired material,and extending inwardly from said annular recess is an annular flange d3,on which is mounted, or to which is secured a supplemental tube Gr,which is arranged concentrically Within the tube D, and both ends ofwhich are open.

The tube G is provided with a spider g at its lower end, and securedthereto is a fine spiral spring I-I, within the upper end of which isplaced a conical iioat or valve 7L, the base of which is directedupwardly, and said valve is provided with a central chamber which isalso conical in form, and the sides of the valve are adapted to closelylit within the tube G, and said valve is connected with the spring II bybeing secured within the upper coils thereof in any desired manner, thediameter of said spring and the diameter of the larger portion of thevalve being substantially the same, and also substantially the same asthe inner diameter of the tube G.

Formed in the upper portion of the neck B, above the tube D, is anannular groove or recess b3, and I also employ a perforated diaphragm orplate K, which is composed of spring metal, and adapted to be forceddown- Wardly into the neck or nozzle, the edges thereof entering theannular groove or recess b3, or said plate may be so formed as toclosely fit within the neck and provided with shoulders or projectionsadapted to enter said annular groove or recess. In this class of devicesthe bottle or other vessel must first be iilled before the neckattachment is applied, and the bottle A having been iilled the tube D isinserted thereinto, as shown in Fig. l, so that the packing-ring d3rests upon the annular shoulder b2, and the plate K is then forced intothe neck and into the position also shown in Fig. l, in which positionit bears upon the annular shoulder b2, and the neck or nozzle B may thenbe closed by the ordinary stopper or plug in the usual manner.

When it is desired to empty the bottle or vessel or to discharge aportion of its contents, it is only necessary to remove said plug orstopper and to invert or tilt the bottle, when the contents will iiowout through the central tube G, through the perforations in the tube D,vand out through the perforated plate or partition K; and in thisoperation the valve is forced from its seat by the pressure of theliquids within the bottle, almost any appreciable amount of pressurebeing suflicient for this purpose.

The spring H is a contrae-tile spring, and is quite long and very Weak',and in whatever position the bottle may beheld in an attempt to pourliquids thereinto said spring will draw the valve back into the end ofthe tube IOO G, and when in this position it will be iinpossible for anyliquids to enter the bottle through the neck thereof. When the bottle isinverted, and the contents therein flow out, as hereinbefore described,the valve I-I will entirely leave the concentrical tube G, but besupported by the spring I-I, and when the flow of the liquid ceases, andthe bottle is held in a horizontal or in its normal position,

said valve will again be drawn into the tube by said spring. It isevident, therefore, that the bottle or other vessel may be entirelyemptied of its contents, and that it cannot be refilled by pouringliquids thereinto, and in Fig. 4 I have shown a modiiied form ofconstruction, in which the valve II is provided with an annularoutwardly and downwardly directedflange or rim h2, which rests upon thetop of the tube G, and in this form of construction the operation willbe substantially the saine as hereinbefore described. It will thus beseen that I accomplish the object of my invention by means of a devicewhich is simple in construction and operation and comparativelyinexpensive.

Theplate or partition K can not be removed from the neck of the bottle,and this plate or partitiomtogether with the tube G,absolutely preventsthe insertion of a tool or instrument in an attempt to interfere withthe operation of the valve, and tis evident that changes in andmodifications of the construction herein described may be made without'departing from the spirit of my invention or sacricing its advantages.

Having,` fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- The combination with a bottle the neck ofwhich is restricted at the lower portion thereof, and is provided nearthe upper portion with an annular interior groove of an antiflllingdevice adapted to be placed therein after the portion, a short tube,said cylindrical portion being provided with apertures or openings inthe sides thereof and a bell-shaped `valve, the concave portion of whichis directed upwardly and the annular outwardlydirected rim of whichincloses the upper end of the tube to close the saine, a spring withinsaid tube adapted to draw said valve downwardly and an annularpacking-ring secured in said angular shoulder formed in the bottom ofsaid cylindrical portion adapted to bear against the inwardly-directedpart of the neck of the bottle, and an apertured disl; of spring,` metalsecured to the top of said cylindrical portion, and adapted to be forcedwithin the neck of the bottle and the peripheryv to engage an annulargroove therein to rctain said device in position, substantially asherein set forth and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 20th day ofJanuary, 1896.

SAMUEL JEFFERSON SMITH.

fitnessesz C. GERs'r, A. M, CUsAoK.

